Neighbourhood First: Navigating Ties under Modi

Neighbourhood First: Navigating Ties under Modi

 

Edited by Aryaman Bhatnagar and Ritika Passi, this publication brings to focus India’s policy towards its immediate and extended neighbourhood—South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) members, Iran, China and Myanmar—under Modi thus far. Each country-specific chapter describes bilateral ties, debates elements of continuity or change since the new government has come to power, and explores future prospects for ties under Modi given existing challenges and opportunities. Thematic chapters also intersperse this publication, which contextualise India’s neighbourhood policy and its bilateral ties in the region.

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CONTENTS



1. India, India’s Neighbourhood and Modi: Setting the Stage

Ritika Passi and Aryaman Bhatnagar



2. India’s Neighbourhood Policy through the Decades

Ashok Malik



3. Dealing with Pakistan: India’s Policy Options

Radha Kumar



4. India’s Afghanistan Policy: Going beyond the ‘Goodwill’ Factor?

Shanthie Mariet D’Souza



5. India’s Iran Policy in a Changed Dynamic

Kanchi Gupta



6 Why Engage in a Neighbourhood Policy? The Theory behind the Act

Varun Sahni



7 India’s China Policy under Narendra Modi: Continuity and Change

Alka Acharya



8 Modi’s ‘Act East’ Begins in Myanmar

K. Yhome



9 China’s Role in South Asia: An Indian Perspective

T.C.A. Rangachari



10 India-Nepal Relations: On the Threshold

Jayant Prasad



11. Paradigms in India-Bhutan Relations and Pathways for Cooperation

Medha Bisht



12. India-Bangladesh Relations in Modi’s Era

Joyeeta Bhattacharjee



13 The Domestic Elements: States as Stakeholders

Shashi Tharoor



14 India-Sri Lanka Relations under Modi

Rajeswari Pillai Rajagopalan



15 India-Maldives Relations: Solid Base, Shaky Structure

N. Manoharan



16 SAARC at Thirty: Integration by Parts

Sheel Kant Sharma

 

 

Citation: Bhatnagar, A. and Passi, R. 2016. Neighbourhood First: Navigating Ties under Modi. London: Global Policy and Observer Research Foundation.